Folder: delete
Deletes a folder within a bucket with hierarchical namespace enabled. You can only delete an empty folder with no folders or objects. This method also deletes any managed folder attached to the folder that you are deleting. Deleting managed folders follows the same rules and permission checks as deleting managed folders explicitly. For more information about deleting managed folders, seeDelete a managed folder.
Required permissions
The authenticated user must have thestorage.folders.deleteIAM permission to use this method.
Request
HTTP request
DELETE https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/bucket/folders/folder
In addition tostandard query parameters, the following parameters apply to this method.
To see an example of how to include query parameters in a request, see theJSON API Overview page.
Parameters
| Parameter name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Path parameters | ||
bucket | string | The parent bucket of the folder. |
folder | string | The URL-encoded name of the folder. For example,example-folder/ URL-encoded asexample-folder%2F. If the folder is nested, for example,example-folder1/example-folder2/, then the URL-encoded name isexample-folder1%2Fexample-folder2%2F. |
| Optional query parameters | ||
ifMetagenerationMatch | long | If set, the method deletes the folder if its metageneration matches this value. |
ifMetagenerationNotMatch | long | If set, the method deletes the folder if its metageneration does not match this value. |
Request body
Do not supply a request body with this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns an empty response body.
For information about status and error codes returned by this API, see thereference page.
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Last updated 2026-02-19 UTC.